Customer Service Best Practices Reports

Best Practices for a contact center technology overhaul
sponsored by Contactual (Now 8x8, Inc.)
EBOOK: Tap into the expert advice in this eBook to choose technology that will help you leverage multiple contact channels, effectively monitor agent interaction and deliver an excellent customer experience.
Posted: 13 Jun 2011 | Published: 10 Jun 2011

Contactual (Now 8x8, Inc.)

An Integrated Solution for Context-based Customer Experience Management
sponsored by Avaya
WHITE PAPER: Moving to a customer experience management approach requires an infrastructure that is open, scalable and capable of bringing  together state-of-the art applications, fully preserving customer context.
Posted: 10 Jun 2011 | Published: 10 Jun 2011

Avaya

The Future of Web Content Management
sponsored by Ektron, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: When a content management team is no longer enough to successfully attract and retain customers, what does the future hold for content management? How does context fit into the picture?
Posted: 17 May 2011 | Published: 17 May 2011

Ektron, Inc.

Social Media and Customer Service
sponsored by Pegasystems
WHITE PAPER: One of the biggest issues for companies is creating effective customer services processes.  What if social media could help the problem?
Posted: 11 May 2011 | Published: 11 May 2011

Pegasystems

First Contact Resolution
sponsored by Pegasystems
EBOOK: Contact centers have perfected the art of tracking customer inquiries, but first contact resolution is still alluding them.  The key to solving the problem-- not just answering, but resolving the issue.
Posted: 10 May 2011 | Published: 10 May 2011

Pegasystems

A contact center manager's guide to integrating self-service
sponsored by inContact
EBOOK: Do you feel pressured to provide great service while keeping costs down in your contact center? Self-service technology enables customers to resolve their own service questions without depleting agent resources. But deploying self-service technology raises many questions. Learn best practices and tap into expert advice with this eBook.
Posted: 04 May 2011 | Published: 04 May 2011

inContact

Commerce Anywhere: A Business and Technology Strategy to Maximize Cross-Channel Commerce Growth
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: E-commerce has gone from fringe to foundation. Now, businesses must tailor their customer serivce approach to the more complex "anytime, anywhere" customer with mobile device in hand. This white paper from Oracle details the "commerce anywhere" approach.
Posted: 26 Apr 2011 | Published: 26 Apr 2011

Oracle Corporation

Four Effective Service Strategies that Drive Brand Advocacy
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper will provide answers, focusing on the four key aspects of service that can combine to create a "WOW!" experience: convenience, speed, relevance, and relationship.
Posted: 25 Apr 2011 | Published: 25 Apr 2011

Oracle Corporation

Case Study: Mandarin Oriental
sponsored by SDL Web Content Management Solutions Division
VIDEO: This Video from SDL takes a look at the ways in which up-scale hotel conglomerate, Mandarin Oriental, has implemented SDL web content management solutions to help expand their business around the world. Watch this video today to learn more.
Posted: 11 Apr 2011 | Premiered: 11 Apr 2011

SDL Web Content Management Solutions Division

Optimizing Your Return on Customer Attention with Oracle RTD
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how BI can combine your explicitly-defined business rules and automatically-identified statistical information to deliver the best possible content to your customers for every single interaction.
Posted: 22 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Apr 2010

Oracle Corporation

Deliver Extraordinary Customer Experience
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Organizations need to differentiate themselves by providing personalized and rewarding service that leverages the unique value of all customer touch points. If done well, a company can transform customer service into a competitive advantage, and use it to turn a buyer into a customer for life. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 22 Mar 2011 | Published: 01 Feb 2010

Oracle Corporation

Closed Loop Quality Management: Improving Customer Focus from Design to Delivery
sponsored by Apriso Corporation
ANALYST REPORT: Competing pressures to ensure customer satisfaction and reduce the cost of quality is driving many manufacturers to question the efficacy of their current quality management systems. This report provides actionable steps to begin to create a closed-loop enterprise system that aligns the entire value chain with a single view of quality execution.
Posted: 09 Mar 2011 | Published: 09 Mar 2011

Apriso Corporation

Editorial Tip: Measuring the ROI of Social CRM: No easy task
sponsored by Infor
EGUIDE: As more organizations invest in social channels, the question of value becomes increasingly important. In social media, ROI alone may not tell the value of the effort, and benefits to the business from the customer service approach could be gauged by a variety of factors. Uncover how to measure the real value of an investment in social CRM.
Posted: 14 Feb 2011 | Published: 14 Feb 2011

Infor

15-Minute Guide to Increasing Customer Loyalty: An Introduction to Enterprise Feedback Management (EFM)
sponsored by MarketTools, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: What is the relationship between a loyal customer and a profitable enterprise and what role can feedback play in improving loyalty? Organizations with fiercely loyal customers take the time to listen to feedback and integrate it into decision making. EFM solutions provide the tools needed help businesses transform feedback into business results.
Posted: 26 Jan 2011 | Published: 26 Jan 2011

MarketTools, Inc.

Ensuring brand-building customer experiences with inContact ECHO survey software
sponsored by inContact
WHITE PAPER: This featured white paper sponsored by inContact looks at new innovative ways to improve the customer experience through CRM software and best practices.
Posted: 04 Jan 2011 | Published: 04 Jan 2011

inContact

E-Book: CRM Trends and Tips for 2010 - Doing More With Less
sponsored by IBM
EBOOK: In this e-book, find out how to make the most of the systems and budget you do have, with expert advice from leading analysts at Gartner and Forrester. Continue reading to learn CRM trends and tips and learn how to do more with less.
Posted: 01 Dec 2010 | Published: 01 Dec 2010

IBM

SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM) Multimedia Presentations
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
RESOURCE CENTER: These multimedia presentations will explain the features and benefits of SAP Customer Relationship Management (SAP CRM). Watch the presentations to discover how SAP CRM can enable you to become a customer-centric enterprise and to differentiate you company for competitive advantage.
Posted: 18 Oct 2010 | Published: 18 Oct 2010

SAP America, Inc.

Six Success Factors for Building a Best-Run Marketing Organization
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses six success factors that will enable your marketing organization to overcome the challenges to reaching growth and profitability objectives. Continue reading to learn more about these six success factors and more.
Posted: 18 Oct 2010 | Published: 18 Oct 2010

SAP America, Inc.

Customer Value Enhancement: Linking Strategy & Operations for Better Loyalty and Margins
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: CVE is a predictive, adaptive approach to linking front and back office functions through the prism of advanced business intelligence and analytics. Read this paper to learn how to link strategy and operations with CVE for better customer loyalty and margins.
Posted: 02 Sep 2010 | Published: 02 Sep 2010

SAP America, Inc.

Measuring the Business Impact of Support
sponsored by Citrix Online UK
WHITE PAPER: Customer support has long been a business mainstay. Yet, the business impact of support is seldom measured - despite the influence of support on higher revenue, customer satisfaction and increased productivity. This new ServiceXRG white paper explores the importance of quantifying the impact of support on your business.
Posted: 16 Jul 2010 | Published: 16 Jul 2010

Citrix Online UK

Customer Communication Management
sponsored by Pitney Bowes Business Insight
WEBCAST: CCM helps businesses transform routine business documents into communications that truly enhance the customer experience. CCM is an integrated end-to-end solution that enables companies to create, manage and deliver effective multichannel communications all while reducing the cost of communicating with and providing superior service to customers.
Posted: 06 Jul 2010 | Premiered: Jul 6, 2010

Pitney Bowes Business Insight

Case Study: London Life Insurance
sponsored by Pitney Bowes Business Insight
CASE STUDY: London Life Insurance needed to move quickly after it acquired Prudential Insurance’s entire Canadian business operations. London Life wanted to welcome its new client base and maintain its reputation for providing superb customer service. Read on to learn how a new document composition solution allowed for keeping pace with its expanding business.
Posted: 01 Jul 2010 | Published: 02 Jul 2010

Pitney Bowes Business Insight

8 Traits of IT-Friendly Contact Center and Web Customer Service Software
sponsored by eGain Communications Corp.
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, we discuss eight IT-friendly software traits that minimize risk, maximize ROI, and encourage innovation. Although the focus of this paper is on contact center and web customer service software, the discussion is broad enough to be a valuable guide for any technology investment.
Posted: 07 May 2010 | Published: 06 May 2010

eGain Communications Corp.

E-Book: An Executive’s Guide to Customer Data Analytics and Customer Intelligence: How to Get More Out of Customer Data with Analytics Technology
sponsored by Infor CRM
EBOOK: The challenge facing many organizations is exactly how to deploy analytics to unlock insight from customer data. This e-book offers an executive overview of customer data analytics and customer intelligence, with deployment advice and best practices from top performers.
Posted: 15 Apr 2010 | Published: 15 Apr 2010

Infor CRM

Channel Strategies E-Zine: April 2010/ No.1
sponsored by TechTarget IT Channel
EZINE: VARs and integrators know their stuff when it comes to their key technologies and vertical markets. In the inaugural issue of Channel Strategies E-zine, learn how to build brand awareness among potential customers to make sure word spreads about your company's skills and expertise.
Posted: 24 Mar 2010 | Published: 24 Mar 2010

TechTarget IT Channel